Israel warplanes have carried out three airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, but there is no word yet on any possible casualties.
Two of the air raids targeted the east of Gaza City and the third airstrike hit an area east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military has not commented on the attack so far.
Israel has been repeatedly targeting the Gaza Strip since its 22-day war on the enclave launched in late December 2008, which killed over 1,400 Palestinians and inflicted over $1.6 billion in damage.
Convoy
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Meanwhile, the Egyptian regime has imposed heavy restrictions on the Asian aid convoy, dubbed Asia to Gaza Solidarity Caravan, or Asia 1, which is carrying an estimated one million dollars worth of medicine, foodstuffs and toys as well as four buses and 10 power generators for hospitals.
Egyptian authorities have prevented some convoy members, including Iranians and some Jordanians, from crossing into the besieged Palestinian territory and have, until today, the 6th January, refused to allow the convoy into Gaza through the Rafah border crossing.
According to a Press TV correspondent in the region, the Egyptian authorities have demanded a certain amount of money to allow the convoy's humanitarian cargo, recently stuck at the Egyptian port of al-Arish, to be delivered to Gaza.
The activists also told Press TV that during their stay in Egypt, the authorities had stopped them on several occasions, asking them for money.
Cairo insisted the humanitarian cargo, including medicine, food and toys, should be delivered to Israel and that the relief supplies would enter Gaza through Israel.
Palestinians have, with good reason, frequently accused Cairo of collaborating with Tel Aviv to increase pressure on Gaza by refusing to allow aid convoys to reach the region.
The Asian aid convoy, with 160 activists of 18 various nationalities, has travelled through Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and Lebanon. It was forced to remain in Syria for a week, awaiting Cairo's authorization to dock at its northeastern port of al-Arish.
The activists, who managed to cross into the Gaza Strip on January 3, have vowed to stay in the Palestinian territory until they make sure that the aid convoy has entered Gaza and been delivered to those in need.
The activists say they seek to show solidarity with the Palestinian people in their resistance against Israel.
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